The BIGGEST Controversy in WWE Gaming History

[@stubrutv]

Don't forget Tony was banned from entering the contest because his joystick was deemed too big

[@BobbyD520]

Is it weird that I knew this was some BS back in the day???

[@JCW65]

Nah man I was 10 I knew this was a scam at the time

[@WolfieWRLD]

Nope not at all the tournament was rigged/cooked from the jump. 😂💀💀💯

[@mbry1]

Nope you weren’t the only one I knew it was bullshit soon as it was announced

[@UncleBuddy1994]

Nah we all knew the bullshit

[@grimworldgaming928]

It’s 2k they haven’t been trustworthy since 2k14

[@AlexanderKahrs]

I remember seeing this and thinking "ain't no way I'm doin all that"...and in a weird way, this video makes me feel justified in not bothering lol

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I didnt bother cause I thought it was online

[@mylesmohammed901]

See if it was a kid who did this. I don’t think they would get booed but since a grown man beat AJ. This was BS

[@mazzb305]

Why does his age matter??

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Kids weren't allowed to enter lol. I read the requirements and it was only 18 years and older. That's why despite being really good at WWE games I never attempted to beat the tower myself until I beat the rest of the game since I was around 12-13 when it first came out.

[@YellFisherGames]

8:53 the face says it all.

[@Boolklop]

"Its all for show" bro you won a million dollars in front of a crowd full of people who paid half their wage to be their that night. Be a little more humble

[@atlantahawksfan8443]

I knew this was fake, they couldnt give out a million dollars let alone have good online servers for matches

[@D1G1T47]

What’s up with Wwe game servers though what was the last Wwe game that had decent servers

[@MIKEY777_]

​@@D1G1T47 wwe 13 lmao

[@BlackJohnnyCage]

​@@MIKEY777_Yup & you could possibly get stuck at the loading screen while doing ya entrance 😂

[@jugghead82]

Xavier Woods face said it ALL this was so freaking crazy just like the McMahon Millions contest as well. WWE 2K19 is still a Goat but that Million Dollar Challenge was not did right at all. To be honest his announcing skills are pretty good. AWESOME an informative vid ❤❤

[@Don4Yassin]

A wise man once said: "THIS IS BULLSHIT" - Bret 'Hitman' Hart

[@steaglesfan5686]

and seth rollins

[@mrdoc6940]

That MLB $1 million pitch challenge they scam Stevie Richards it’s even on his Wikipedia

[@JBlingBlang]

Wasn't their stance that because he completed the challenge before the start of the contest he wasn't entitled?

[@possiblymaddie]

My head canon is that Yukes pitched this before leaving WWE games forever

[@cainekass]

AJ clearly threw the game.. Did you not hear how he talked through. He didn't accidentally hit the taunt.

[@billylikeaboss7400]

plus AJ is a very notorious sore loser. Him just being calm while losing gives it away

[@cainekass]

@@billylikeaboss7400 this.. I remember watching him lose his shit on UpUp DownDowndueing a tournament

[@huntertracy3002]

​@@cainekassI remember those 😂 when Seth Rollins would beat AJ twice in Madden

[@billylikeaboss7400]

@@cainekass Exactly. Dude is just like me i that regards haha but yeah the fact he didn't lose his cool tells me off the bat it was rigged

[@NxFxKW]

I would hope he would throw it… trying super hard to stop someone from winning a million dollars would be lame as hell.

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

I don't think he worked for them. That video of him ring annoucing Jericho wasn't for a match, it looks like it was some sort of fan experience event I just think he's a cringelord who got a little over excited in the moment and made himself look silly

[@turbo_marc]

It was 2019, who wasn’t a cringelord?

[@RonWeassly]

The fact that they made us cut a promo just to qualify for some mini-tournament that should have been a full tournament to begin with, was stupid. This was their way of choosing who they wanted to be in those positions and not some random person they don’t want winning.

[@DCASS58]

Damn I had totally forgotten about this. Now do Pulse getting screwed in the twitch rivals tournament 😂

[@HarryRiceHockey]

I'm curious about this lol

[@imalegend2006]

And then 2K had the same guy win the 2K Hall of Champions event and win tickets to Wrestlemania XL…

[@BrazilAlienRaven]

Wait what??

[@BrickFighter13]

Bruh for real?! 😂😂

[@imalegend2006]

@@BrazilAlienRaven yup… kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYTNf5WNoM2hm68si=Ur70MYzE-H4opVVN

[@toshinronin]

lies show proof

[@imalegend2006]

@@toshinronin that he won the Hall of Champions event?

[@ProfessionalWreslingFan]

It should have never been a promo contest. It should have been the first however many people to post their videos beating it. The promos just made it so they could pick and choose exactly who they wanted in the tournament.

[@mentalcrowbar9434]

Can't believe bro tried to pull the race card, never saw anyone get mad at the color of his skin, only the content of his character. Really dumb idea for him to cut a heel prono, read the room my guy 😂

[@jasonoyola590]

I was there and we all had a feeling it was rigged as shit. AJ looked like he never played the game before 😂

[@mentalcrowbar9434]

@@jasonoyola590 for real, my little cousin would've put up more of a fight than AJ did, ain't he supposed to be a gamer? 🤣

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

@@jasonoyola590 he might not have. He's more of a retro gamer. Woods would have been a better opponent

[@Abridgimation]

idk man, Twitter has a lot of that, probably where he saw the criticism from and assumed it was because of that, even though it was because of how bad that match was and how iffy it looked with his clip with Jericho looking like he previously worked for them, even though it was a fan axxess.

[@Abridgimation]

@@EmpireGamingWynter Woods would've destroyed him

[@wsx256]

i was so fkin happy Chris Danger beat the challenge and then wasnt accepted....

[@NotoriousSlime]

Why were you happy he wasn't accepted

[@wsx256]

@@NotoriousSlime what? 😂 i was happy when he beat and THEN he wasnt accepted and i wasnt anymore but i think its pretty self explanatory

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

​@@NotoriousSlime because either he will get a chance or a smaller creator will

[@NotoriousSlime]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 makes sense sorry I was half awake when I asked but I realize it was a dumb question my bad

[@DangerMenace]

@@wsx256 Maybe if you worded it properly

[@zachzach5398]

this guy was at the Philly tna tapings trying to get attention for himself because he brought the 2k belt lol

[@z0m813]

To this day I have still never messed with that mode on the game

[@KxngxSav22]

😂😂9:39 “he may be phenomenal, but I’m golden”

[@huntertracy3002]

And then Woods face💀

[@AteCerealWithNoMilk]

Thinking yall was going to win 1 million dollars off a video game task then getting mad for the controversy and loopholes when their are millions of hackers is as crazy as the Kardashians doing what they do but get mad when people call them useless

[@JimGEDDIS3000]

I agree it would have been better if 2K picked someone who isn't showing themselves introducing wrestlers as a ring announcer as their favorite to win. That in itself comes off as the whole thing was rigged. No I didn't enter that contest,as I had a difficult time winning very many matches in that million dollar challenge.

[@MattyIce316]

Stephan is not a bad ring announcer tbh lol

[@BrothersOfDetonados]

Except for the fact he says "Ladies and Gentlemen" a thousand times before saying the person's name, yeah, he's pretty good

[@TheSUPERWIND2023]

He definitely signed an NDA, no doubt. He probably can't say that the $1M challenge was rigged towards his favor.

[@ath85]

You mean this was a scam the whole time?!!! Never saw one of those before (39 y.o. here).

[@TimmyTakedownTV]

it looked like aj styles never played this game before... he could have trained at least for some hours and TRY to be good at the game. this match was worse than playing as brock lesnar vs. bo dallas on easiest difficulty

[@willg1088]

Aj doesnt like wrestling games

[@TruthTellerTV]

This very well could have been him "trained" at the game after a few hours. There's no way a professional wrestler who is a non-gamer was going to take time out of his day to "train" and beat a sweat (which you would have to be to even qualify) at a video game. It's not like he had money on the line.

[@lilpimp994]

I remember watching the match vs AJ and thinking to myself “Man AJ sucks, no way this is real” 😂😂

[@AlexanderRos3]

I was in 2k’s Hall of Champions tournament this time around for WWE & I tell you what it was almost similar to this , but you had to do more work for less , the Whole way it was run was stretchy , from setting up matches to , delaying the days we would face a opponent, to the bracket seeding felt rigged

[@dorianmoore8705]

it was rig even woods knew it

[@_jls]

Keep uploading these type of videos, I know this will blow up soon.

[@TonyPizzaGuy]

That's the plan!

[@zombiegone2073]

All contriversy aside, Stephans announcing job was incredible, well deserved applause

[@DrDark7]

All the wasted hours of just trying to beat the tower, beating and then cutting a promo.......only for it to be a waste of time

[@kelvinguzman7344]

if they ever bring back cash prizes no single player challenges or online stuff just host tournaments at the wwe shows or with partnered stores. selectable characters should be just the avaliable roster you get from the start of the game

[@JeffHardyfan316]

Stephen T. Clarence Freemason. Of course the Guy worked for WWE.

[@P3TER_Official23]

11:47 That is exactly what someone who works for the WWE would say 😂

[@iamthurnis745]

man unlocked a pre covid memory because i forgot how much of a disaster this shit was haha

[@vcom741]

3:36 THE BIG GOLD ONE IS HERE...wait wrong one.

[@5higuy]

There was a pin cancel animation that you could trigger by pressing a button on the dpad where you would exit the pin by shoving the opponent’s head onto the ground after picking it up. It gave you finisher meter and did damage so you could essentially win a game just by pinning and unpinning your opponent

[@MerlinDeLaGheddo]

BRUH!!!!!! I was so pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SleepyxBonez]

Gameday and Tony Pizza Fella crossover? Didn’t expect it but I’m here for it!

[@moodialammary]

At that day I didn't know how to submit my victory so I downloaded it on my channel here😂😂

[@thegaminglion90]

AHhhh.....i remember this....all my friends were hyped for that million dollar challenge, but i warned them and told them that no normal person is going to win that money, and that if anything it would probably be someone closely connected to 2k, like one of these major youtubers who does wwe content....a good example wouldve been Chris Denkops, or VYBE, and a few others. They didnt want to believe me....but look what happened lmao.

[@kingoutback]

maaaan toby i KNEW this dude was a plant had me like SKEEEEWOOOOAH

[@TheRealCozey]

Finally someone in the spotlight talking about this, Tony I would love your take the same person getting selected for last years 'Hall of Champions Tournament' and going on to win it. Despite thousands of submissions I will give him his flowers his submission for 2K19 was great but subjectively his one for last years 'Hall of Champions Tournament' was not good.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I never found out who won and then forgot it existed due to 2k20

[@jasonoyola590]

I was at that takeover too and I watched it live 😂

[@lapd_code_3]

i felt this competition was rigged the ones they selected were those with the most YT views and social media followers.

[@TylerJosephSmith]

I just want to know if he actually got the million dollars.

[@kkharizma5547]

Yes he got a corporate check from 2k games.

[@TylerJosephSmith]

@@kkharizma5547 Right, but was it actually a million?

[@Retro__Glitch2313]

With taxes and tax in the state he lives no he didn't get million dollar

[@thetoonboy2k509]

Oh no they may not invite you to any more meet up's after this.

[@TheGrlAsh]

I hated that Stephan pick Brock like why you would let him pick Brock like wtf like Brock is literally an easy way out. I didn't even try the challenge because I didn't like towers mode. Love Xavier face reaction.

[@quintinlee9224]

I honestly think WWE 2K20 was bad karma coming from this million dollar challenge.

[@HakunonMatata]

Not enough bad karma because those jesters are still allowed to make WWE 2K games.

[@Chocolatepain]

I've never heard of this, quite interesting. I honestly think the guy turning heel after he won was quite funny.

[@davidjefferies9601]

I saw that guy at mania he was walking around holding that vanity check

[@marcrics]

Playing as Brock Lesnar and winning in a minute and a half. True role play.

[@quanjones904]

I mean i was fine with him winning, you deserve it, i guess. But once he made that boring promo at the end, i was like this is so unnecessary

[@Liam-kg6kl]

What was the point of having to 1v1 aj styles? Obviously someone that can win a gaming tournament would beat a guy who works full time and is always on the road, and by the looks of it, hasnt really played much of the game.

[@ALKATRAZZ]

I uploaded a video on here of how Golden AJ Styles turned into a T-1000 and warped through the cell in the last match and there was just no way to win.

[@kylemartin2487]

I forgot WWE still had fans in 2019. Felt like for 23 years they were always going on a downward decline in viewership and ticket sales. Makes me wonder if AEW is still in business nowadays.

[@TheClownt]

Won a million dollars but didn't actually win a million dollars lmao

[@hunterblacc4336]

I remeber not beling elible because my data corrupted and then not finding out until after I redid the tower.

[@darkseason96]

Thus guy both looks and sounds like Johnathan Coachman. Btw the real challenge would be beating AJ in Virtual Pro Wrestling 2

[@jon_3013]

Nah AJ's worst showing in a video game was him playing Tekken with Joe in the early 00's

[@TheFifthOfNovember93]

Simple “If it sounds too good to be true…”

[@49ersfanMatt]

can we still unlock golden aj lol lol

[@BrickFighter13]

Nah

[@baigmen]

I knew about the stomp cheese bc of Denker and NL’s streams I had no idea there was a pele kick cheese. I should’ve watched the product Tony 😢

[@THISisMADDNES69]

Can you get to the point lmao

[@chrisdavies5253]

Out of the other people selected for the tournament wasn't one a developer of the game?

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

i remember hearing about this at the time i was like what the..

[@MasterOfTheUniversebtw]

Pele kick is still irreversible

[@deathdude360]

I'll say it definitely seemed rigged just based on his reaction. Like bro just won a million dollars and he just stood there not celebrating.

[@stacygirard647]

this was the first game i bough with all unlock that didnt had all unlocked and never had the full version of the game cause of that one not being unlockable for me i managed once to reach 12or 13 then got it only once and boom 123 lost thi year is the worst one i have a bunch of locked character behind paywall known as my faction

[@mazzb305]

The only way it was BS, is if he didn’t actually get the 1,000,000 dollars. Has he ever confirmed he did??

[@necromancer1454]

I thought it was odd too

[@DuceVasquez215]

Am I the only person that doesn't care that he went the heel route? Like y'all booed him first get over it 😂😂

[@RealJesseSmoke]

He may not have worked for WWE, but did he or does he work for 2k? Because that was all just very fishy

[@zombiegoatt4282]

So based on it being rigged anyone who bought the game should be refunded $1 million due to fraud.

[@kennethwhitfield9087]

OK, I could see people being annoyed, but this is why gamers and wrestling fans get so much BS from other people going on this man social media and showing hate isn’t going to fix anything.

[@colonelhstinkmeaner8547]

Lol I thought this channel was dead years ago.

[@MeatySmirk]

The controversy is people thought he worked for the wwe and he said one "heel" thing because he was being booed? Wwe fans are insane

[@freedomisours]

It was all a set up.

[@riosmith8548]

Hating cause the guy worked hard

[@JAMESRKOFL]

The promo thing was not a good idea .

[@pyrowater0186]

I didn’t even do it because I knew it was BS back then

[@KillSteelVol3]

Karl Anderson was easy work. Brock Lesnar was the hardest opponent for me.

[@bamapand7162]

It should never had been a thing

[@SteelSpurs]

I’m just salty because I know I could beat the breaks off this guy in a game 😂

[@Shacks-m6u]

Of course he went to racism. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhocking!

[@tyrant7583]

I remember this I seen some of the tweets he gotten back then. Some of them did say really racist stuff. He saw it and it obviously upset him. Would it make you feel better if he never brings it up? Why does it effect you that he brought up what some people wrote him? Someone writes him racist messages should he assume they're not racist?

[@Shacks-m6u]

@@tyrant7583 You'd have to show me these msgs you saw that were racist. I never said any of this effected me. You are bringing that up all on your own. He can assume whatever he wants, doesn't make it so.

[@tyrant7583]

@@Shacks-m6u look dude I don't understand this whole red pill pretending racism doesn't exist thing. I know it's just another way to sh!t on black people. Because if you don't know the person yourself how do you know the intention behind their actions or words? How do you know if what they say was racist or not? You saying the black person was wrong and your right. What makes you right when you know the same amount or in this situation less information then the person claiming some people was being racist. Who are you to say your right and they're wrong? I just don't understand why people spend their life doing stuff like this. I bet my soul NOBODY EVER in history was young and in pain dying somewhere and thought to themselves I wish I spent more time online hating people I never met.* LOL 😂 *Not claiming you

[@zackwyatt169]

I mean the guys name was already on the check....it was rigged from the start

[@TheJaseDawg]

Always thought it was weird & looked rigged. Turns out I was right & he looks like he was a plant. He'll never admit he works for wwe or 2k but anyone with a brain can tell there's something going on there...

[@philkessel8162]

L at not mentioning Stevie Richards who should have won the no hit contest in mlb 2k11

[@declangaming24]

I struggled to unlock golden AJ but i did unlock him

[@kbthegoat9]

I was 18 when this happened but I tried to enter into this and i was really good at this game and I beat the tower and I sent my video in and I was so sad when I didnt get invited.

[@xavierwashington5408]

It probably was rigged, like they found a guy close by, it’s clear he didn’t actually work for WWE, but I’m sure some people knew him, and when it came to beating AJ, AJ just simply didn’t practice playing the game, which in all honesty, imagine beating that hard tower, doing all that extra shit, only to be beat by AJ Styles himself, so I think AJ should’ve been easy to beat, but yea if this was real, it would’ve been like a 13 year old kid or some shit

[@jimiverson6171]

yeah he's probably got a nda signed, and can't admit it, and they probably paid him half a mil at the most. People are dumb, and will DO ANYTHING for money.

[@66coldnight]

I remember this yeah definitely it was rigged because his name was on check well before final match

[@Whodatwhodatwhodatwhodat]

The only problem I see is aj styles should’ve gotten good at the game ! Why they mad at him? 😂😂😂😂

[@dcb_75]

I don't know, I think that golden outfit was his worse look 😂 Sounds fishy and his responses didn't help much - try and play up the race angle, say others weren't delivering but admit he was known to people in wwe, etc. He may not work for them, doesn't mean it wasn't rigged.

[@GamerKing1482]

Brock shoulda been banned 😂